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possibility of time travel through black holes. 8. Oh look. There's a hair/hair in my soup! 9. A
travel/Travel is one of my main interests. 10. Would you like a coffee/coffee before we start
working?
5. What nouns do you know which are usually uncountable? What nouns do you know
which can be both countable and uncountable but with different meanings? Sometimes, the
same noun can be countable and uncountable, often with a change of meaning.

Countable Uncountable
There are two hairs in my coffee! hair I don't have much hair.

There are two lights in our bedroom. light Close the curtain. There's too much light!

Shhhhh! I thought I heard a noise. It's difficult to work when there is too
noise
much noise.

Have you got a paper to read? (= I want to draw a picture. Have you got
paper
newspaper) some paper?

Our house has seven rooms. room Is there room for me to sit here?

We had a great time at the party. time Have you got time for a coffee?

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's I have no money. I need work!
work
greatest works.
6. What foods/drinks can go with each container: bag, box, carton, tin, bar, packet, bottle,
jar? Make up sentences using these words.
Flour, chocolates, milk, tomatoes, tea bags, apple juice, cream, baked beans, eggs, tuna,
sardines, soap, crisps, biscuits, jam, mayonnaise, fruit cocktail, water, coke, peanut butter.
e.g.: Carton – milk, apple juice … Can I have a bottle of ketchup, please? I’ll buy a bag of
sugar. We need to get a box of cornflakes.
7. Fill in the correct word: A loaf; B bunch; C piece; D grain; E clove; F pinch
Then make up sentences: Would you like another piece of cake?
1. a … of cake; 2. a … of rice; 3. a … of bread; 4. a … of grapes; 5. a … of salt; 6. a … of
garlic
8. Match the American words to their corresponding British ones. Which of these are
the same in your language?
American British
1 meat grinder a biscuit

2 candy b sweets
3 jelly c tin
4 chips d mincer
5 can e crisps

6 cookie/cracker f mincemeat
7 eggplant g chips
8 French fries h courgette
9 zucchini i aubergine
10 ground meat j jam

Idioms and Fixed Phrases
9. A Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the list and then explain the meaning of

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